Marcelo RiosBeyond his great milestones on the pitch, he was quite a controversial person, with a strong personality who on several occasions had to go to court to solve his problems. But, just as he had run-ins with tennis players on the courts, he also left historical phrases in each of the press conferences he attended.
One of the well-remembered phrases that the “Chinese” left behind was after losing a match at Wimbledon, where he declared before journalists that “the grass is for the cows”, which caused him to earn hatred not only from the organizers, but also of the entire audience. Therefore, 20 years after what happened in 1997, Marcelo Rios He gave the reasons for his statements regarding the surface of the third Grand Slam of the season.
In 2017, the native of Vitacura broke the silence about the controversial phrase he said at Wimbledon and referred to the poor results that the Chilean achieved throughout his career in the London championship. “At Wimbledon, as it is on grass, I had a terrible time. I fell, I lost games that I shouldn’t have lost and in a press conference they told me that my results were so good on grass and it occurred to me to say or I felt that the grass was for the cows”, he began in dialogue with “RipleyChile”.
In the same line, Marcelo Rios He explained that he did not feel comfortable with the surface due to the instability of the shoes, as well as making a comparison with other sports that are played on grass. “It was my reaction because it burdened me to go to England. For me the grass is not for playing tennis. Tennis is played the way we were raised, on clay, and soccer is played on grass, golf, but not tennis, ”he declared.
Fuente: (RipleyChile)
“I was very badly advised”
Marcelo Rios He retired from professional tennis in 2004, with several records in his possession that today seem unbeatable, such as being number one in the world without having achieved a Grand Slam title. In this sense, the Chilean gave an interview where he explained his feelings for having reached the top of the ATP ranking, although he admitted that they gave him bad advice and ruined his career.
“I would have liked to enjoy it more, I enjoyed it very little, I was a boy. He didn’t quite understand what was happening. There had never been a number one in Chile, so he was the only one and he didn’t know where he really was. I found myself in a new world, that I was the best in the world, it was strong and I think I was badly advised and I had a very bad career, ”he explained in” DSports “.
